Ulster Town Board OKs land easement for Catskill Tennis Club

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. -- The Town Board has authorized a permanent easement allowing the Catskill Tennis Club to use an abandoned 250-foot section of Old Neighborhood Road as a driveway.

Board members said during a meeting hursday that the easement will be granted for $1 and a promise that the road will be improved to meet state standards.

The easement will be subject to a public vote if one is requested through a petition.

Town Supervisor James Quigley said the 250-foot portion of Old Neighborhood Road "is an abandoned town right-of-way which we still own."

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"The question to the town was whether it was cheaper to grant an easement for construction of a ... public driveway to the owners of the tennis facility vs. having the town improve that road to a full 50-foot-wide standard for a town road," Quigley said. "What we determined was it would be better if we recorded an easement to the property owners so that they could use it as a driveway."

Quigley said the tennis club has proposed building an indoor facility with a small clubhouse on its property.